Improvement in ticket-clasps



W. H. POOLE. Ticket-Clasp.

No. 216,972. Patented JuI yI, 1879..

of the United States were issued UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

WILLIAM H. POOLE, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO RAND, MGNALLY 8t(10., OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT IN TICKET-CLASgPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 218,972, dated July 1,1879; application filed February 10, 1879. a

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM H. POOLE, of Chicago, in the county of (lookand State of Illinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement inTicket-Clasps; and I hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilledin the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawin gs, which form a part of thisspecification, and in which Figure 1 represents a perspective view of aticket-clasp embodying my invention, and Fig. 2 represents an end viewof the ticketclasp as attached to the horizontal bar of a ticket-case.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts.

My invention relates to an improvement upon the ticket-clasp for whichLetters Patent to Joseph W. Lyon, September 25, 1877, No. 195,623; andmy invention consists in so constructing said'ticket-clasps as toprevent their removal vertically from the horizontal bars of the case bythe ordinary removal of the tickets from the clasps or hooks.

In the drawings, ,A B represent a plate of metal bent in the form of ahook, which is provided with a projecting tongue, 0, cut or stamped fromor attached to the central portion of said plate, as shown, The outer orback end of the plate or hook is made longer than its inner end, and soas to project below the lower surface of the horizontal bar D of theticket-case, as shown at I) and at or near its end is formed a rib, a,which projects under the lower surface or outer lower edge of the bar D.s

In use, the clasp is placed upon or over the upper edge of the bar 1),so as to clasp the sides thereof, and so that the rib a shall restagainst the lower surface of said bar, and thereby prevent theticket-clasp from being removed vertically from the bar by any ordinaryremoval of the tickets from off the tongue of said ticket-clasp. Theticket-clasp may be adjusted longitudinally on the bar of theticket-case by sliding it thereon; but when it is desired to remove theclasp from the bar the end b of the clasp or hook, which projects belowthe lower surface of the bar, is pressed backward until the rib a isclear of the bar, when the clasp is removed vertically therefrom.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The ticket clasp or hook A B, provided with the tongue 0 and rib a,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

WILLIAM H. POOLE.

Witnesses:

.G. R. HOFFMAN,

N. OowLEs.

